Improvement in bed-bottoms



H. T. SMITHi Improvement in Bed Bottoms.

No.123,520. Patented Feb.6,172.

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PATENT @EEIGE HENRY T. SMITH, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-BOTTOMS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,520, dated February 6, 1872.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY T. SMITH, of the city ot' Vashin gton, District of Columbia, have invented an Improved Bedstead with a Movable and Adjustable Bed-Bottom and I do hereby declare the following to be an exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification, in Which- Figure l represents a top View of the bedstead and bed-bottom. Fig. 2 shows the frame of the bed-bottom, with its straining crossbars, and adjustable straining-bar Working in clips and adjusted by screws. Fig. shows an end View of the straining-bar, surrounded by a clip pivoted or screwed fast to the crossbar. Fig. 4 represents the longitudinal stretcher, With its notched ends iitting into the corresponding notches ofthe cross-bar at one end, and cross-rail ot' the bedstead at the other end. Fi g. 5 shows the shape and construction of the endless yielding wire, round at each end.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of the endless yielding- Wires or rods, with their round ends litting into the grooves of the cross straining-bars, and the longitudinal stretcher, when arranged and operated as herein set forth.

A represents the corner posts of the bedstead, with their common head and foot-boards B B, and rails C C C C. D D are inside bracers, to keep the rails firm at their joints. E F are the cross straining-bars, with their semicircular grooves H H, in which the round ends of the endless wire J fit, and is held down securely by the head of a pin or screw, driven into the straining-bars at each groove H. The straining-bar E at the head ot' the bedstead is adjustable, so as to tighten the Wires J J when required, by means of adjustable screws K through the cross-rail C ot' the bedstead. Clips L L may be used for the straining-bar E, (as shown at Figs. 2 and 8,) for the better supporting and guiding` of the straining-bar E, Whilst being regulated or adjusted. M is the stretcher or longitudinal brace, to secure by its end notches iitting into the cross-rail C ofthe bedstead and straining-bar E. J is the wire, or cords, or rods of metal, all in one endless form, round at the ends and welded tirmly at the one end, so as to form a stron and elastic bottom. It' one should be accidentally broken, it is easily repaired Without having to remove but one Wire, J.

vWhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters latent, is-

The construction of the endless wires J J, tting into their corresponding grooves H H ot' the adjustable straining-bars E and F, and longitudinal stretcher M, when arranged, combined, and operated as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

HENRY T. SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN REIGART, D. F. REIGART. 

